any of several species of large plant-eating hoofed mammals of Africa and Asia with a very thick skin and either one or two horns on the snout: family Rhinocerotidae
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros — Ethel Barrymore
[Middle English rinoceros via Latin from Greek rhinokerōt-, rhinokerōs, from rhin- nose + keras horn]